THE TOURISTIN: Travel Germany - 2022 Guide to Christmas Markets in Berlin

It has been said a million times. Berlin is popular with visitors, and well well well even Berliners love their town. A trip to Berlin is exciting in every season and it is most certainly worth it at Christmas. The Christmas Markets are too good. Most people might have inherited Christmas decorations from their parents or grandparents, but there will always be some handmade item we can fall in love with and buy this Christmas season.

The truth is all Christmas Markets in Berlin are filled to the rafters with tourists and locals. All markets are the same in terms that every single stallholder puts the greatest effort and love into the making of the market. True, some might have to stand next to a big department store with a view of a TV tower, and others are so very lucky to have their stall next to a palace, but it doesn’t make the one or other less or more traditional. This is Berlin, there are so many different people and boroughs in this town.

Travel Germany - 2022 Guide to Christmas Markets in Berlin

Berlin's Christmas decoration - delicacies - sparkling lights

Who doesn’t love Christmas? There are the odd few who think this is all bah humbug. Who doesn’t love traditional Christmas decorations, Christmas delicacies, the sparkly illuminated markets at night and most of all who doesn’t like to drink the very yummy and hot mulled wine? Mulled wine, together with the most often historical backdrop of the markets is probably the biggest drawcard.

No matter which one of the Berlin Christmas Markets you plan to visit, it is going to be fantastic. Why not try to be open-minded and tolerant? Don’t get upset by the crowds and please don’t think you are a better tourist than the one next to you. It is Christmas time, and surely everyone will get her/his fair share of Mulled Wine (Gluehwein in German). There is enough for everyone, and stallholders want to sell it to you. Please, no fighting under the mistletoe.

The popular ones are Christmas Market Gedächtniskirche, Christmas Market Charlottenburg Palace, Christmas Market Gendarmenmarkt, , Christmas Market Red Town Hall, Christmas Market Alexanderplatz, and Christmas Market Potsdamer Platz. These are all different but great places to visit, and there are so many more to choose from in Berlin. Actually, no one can really tell which one is the best, I mean how when there are so many Christmas Markets in this Berlin.

Popular Berlin Christmas Markets 2022

Winter Wonderland and Christmas Market Potsdamer Platz 28 October 2022 to 1 January 2023. Winter Wonderland: 11 am to 10 pm, 24 December 2022 to 2 pm, closed on 13 November 2022 and 20 November 2022. Christmas market: 10am to 10pm, 24 December 10am to 4pm. Tickets: free. Tobogganing: EUR 1.50.

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Christmas Market Gedächtniskirche Kurfürstendamm 237, 10789 Berlin: 21 November 2022 to 1 January 2023. Sunday to Thursday from 11 am to 9 pm, Friday and Saturday from 11 am to 10 pm, Christmas Eve from 11 am to 2pm, December 25 and 26 from 1pm to 9 pm, December 31 from 11 am to 8 pm, January 01 from 1pm to 9pm.

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Christmas Market Gendarmenmarkt 21 November 2022 to 31 December 2022. The Christmas Magic Gendarmenmarkt will take place from 2022 to 2024 on Bebelplatz in front of the State Opera. Sunday to Thursday from 12pm to 10pm, Friday and Saturday from 12pm to 11pm, Christmas Eve from 12pm to 6pm, 25 and 26 December from 12pm to 10pm, New Year's Eve from 12pm to 1am. Tickets: EUR 1, children free. Free every day from 11am to 2pm (Except December 24th, 25th, 26th and 31st).

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Christmas Market Alexanderplatz 21 November 2022 to 26 December 2022. 10am to 10pm, 24 December 2022: 10am to 4pm. Tickets: free.

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Christmas Market Red Town Hall 21 November 2022 to 30 December 2022. Monday to Friday from 12pm to 10pm, Saturday and Sunday from 11am to 10pm, 25 and 26 December from 11am to 9pm, Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve closed. Tickets: free.

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Lucia Christmas Market Kulturbrauerei 21 November 2022 to 22 December 2022. Monday to Friday from 3pm to 10pm, Saturday and Sunday from 12pm to 10pm. Tickets: free.

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Christmas Market Charlottenburg Palace 21 November 2022 to 26 December 2022. Monday to Thursday from 2pm to 10pm, Friday to Sunday from 12pm to 10pm, 25 and 26 December 2022 from 12pm to 8pm, 24 December 2022 closed. Tickets: free.

Which one is the best Berlin Christmas Market?

Berlin Christmas Markets? Some of the Markets are bigger than the others, some offer ice rinks and big wheel rides, and some are only open on weekends. Go and have fun, enjoy yourself and find the Christmas Market you love best.